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VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY. Week FOUR. Aggravate ( vb ). Prefix= ag -= to Root= grav =heavy, weighty Think about the word gravity and how the root is used in it…. Suffix=-ate=cause to be Definition=to irritate or heavily anger someone. Hypercritical ( adj ). Root=hyper=excessive

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VOCABULARY

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  1. VOCABULARY Week FOUR

  2. Aggravate (vb) • Prefix=ag-=to • Root=grav=heavy, weighty • Think about the word gravity and how the root is used in it… • Suffix=-ate=cause to be • Definition=to irritate or heavily anger someone

  3. Hypercritical (adj) • Root=hyper=excessive • Critical=to judge • Definition=excessively critical

  4. Noctambulist (n) • Root=noct=night • Root #2=ambul=walking • Suffix=-ist=person • Definition=a person walking in their sleep

  5. Tangential (adj) • Root=tang=touch • If something is tangent it is what? • Touchable • Definition=not touching on the subject; irrelevant • Bob was beating around the bush by giving us tangential information and staying off topic.

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